On Wednesday, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua will preside over the launch of a three-day induction for the Education Reforms Taskforce.
President William Ruto appointed the 49-member task force, chaired by Professor Raphael Munavu, to review the Competence Based Curriculum, and they will begin their induction on Wednesday.
The event will take place at Karen’s Cemastea Research Institute.
The Taskforce, according to the Gazette, will evaluate the CBC, which has been a source of contention in the education sector.
On basic education, the task force is expected to study all laws governing the basic education subsector and make recommendations for review of these legislations with a view to addressing duplication, ambiguities, efficiency constraints, and improving linkages.
It will also review and recommend equitable access to education, especially for those facing social, economic, and geographic marginalization, vulnerable populations, children, and persons with special needs.
The working party is also expected to furnish the Head of State with a progress report every two months from the date and a final report at the end of the term.
On tertiary and university education, the President has tasked the team to review and recommend a governance and financing framework for TVET training and development, university education, research, and training; framework for TVET training and development, university education, research, and training.
The taskforce will also recommend a framework for operationalizing the National Open University of Kenya and a framework on Open, Distance, and E-line learning (ODEL); (d) to make recommendations for streamlining continuity in TVET and university education transition.
President Ruto granted the committee powers to invite and consider views from sector stakeholders and members of the public, hold such a number of meetings in the places and at such times as it shall consider necessary for the proper discharge of its functions, and regulate its own procedure.
